CVE-2012-2378 Improper Authentication in Apache CXF

What is CVE-2012-2378?

CVE-2012-2378 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Cxf, published on 5 Jan 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Apache CXF 2.4.5 through 2.4.7, 2.5.1 through 2.5.3, and 2.6.x before 2.6.1, does not properly enforce child policies of a WS-SecurityPolicy 1.1 SupportingToken policy on the client side, which allows remote attackers to bypass the (1) AlgorithmSuite, (2) SignedParts, (3) SignedElements, (4) EncryptedParts, and (5) EncryptedElements policies.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2378?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.cxf:cxf. It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Cxf.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2378?

Upgrade org.apache.cxf:cxf to a fixed version for your release line: 2.4.8, 2.5.3 or 2.6.1.

Is CVE-2012-2378 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2378 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apache Cxf

• CVE-2012-2379 XML Signature/Encryption Not Validated in Apache CXF Critical 10.0
• CVE-2026-66909 Apache CXF: Unsafe deserialization of inbound JMS ObjectMessage Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-68079 Apache CXF: DefaultEncryptingCodeDataProvider allows unlimited authorization code replay Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-50628 Apache CXF: OAuth2: Inverted IP Binding Check Defeats Security Control Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-48913 Apache CXF: Untrusted JMS configuration can lead to RCE Critical 9.8

All Apache Cxf vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-vjpc-vf4f-82qg.